The Big Question: Headphones Or Speakers?

This is a thing I’ve been deliberating far more often nowadays, particularly since the PS4 allows players to plug in headphones directly into the controller — and the Xbox One too with a little peripheral that I’ve just bought. Before when I was playing games I had speakers or nothing. Now I can choose. The only question is: what is the better choice?

PC players, on the whole I suspect, generally use a nice pair of headphones when playing games. I know I do. But consoles? They tend to extol that ‘I’m sitting in my big comfy couch and I want 5.1 speakers blaring in my earholes’ thing. But now that I have the choice, I find myself reaching for the headset more and more.

Why? Mainly because I can play as loudly as I want without waking up babies or annoying neighbours/significant others. Mainly because it feels a little more… consistent is one word, immersive is another — although I’m not the greatest fan of that word.

Point being, I think that personally I’m making the move towards headphones. How do you feel about the situation?


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